diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c
index e8fcc094e6..977a9e79a9 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c
@@ -129,6 +129,18 @@ nm_uuid_generate_random(NMUuid *out_uuid)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+gboolean
+nm_uuid_is_valid_full(const char *str)
+{
+    /* The only reason why this exists is that nm_uuid_is_valid() is an inline function.
+     * If you need to forward declare the function, that won't work.
+     *
+     * Usually, you wouldn't use this variant! */
+    return nm_uuid_is_valid(str);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 /**
  * nm_uuid_is_valid_nmlegacy()
  * @str: the string to check whether it's a valid UUID.
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h
index afa16891ce..0ead364090 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ gboolean nm_uuid_is_null(const NMUuid *uuid);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+gboolean nm_uuid_is_valid_full(const char *str);
+
 static inline gboolean
 nm_uuid_is_valid(const char *str)
 {